9 responses to “Brandon Graham is back to work, apparently”

Just because they gave Curry a terrible contract (he’ll be cut after this season), doesn’t mean they should give Graham one too

Did he play better last year? Sure. But he’s still never had 60 tackles, or 7 sacks in a season. He was a slightly above average DE last year, nothing more. He faded greatly in the last 6-8 games of the season. He’s getting paid what he deserves, you want to get paid like a top end DE? Play like one first. Last season was the FIRST season that you even came close to earning your salary, let alone outplaying it

Chris Long essentially replaced Connor Barwin and there’s no guarantee that Derek Barnett won’t turn into another Marcus Smith. So, I’d say that Graham does have a considerable amount of leverage at this point. It might make sense for the Eagles to figure out a win-win for both the team and the player in this situation.

“Just because they gave Curry a terrible contract (he’ll be cut after this season), doesn’t mean they should give Graham one too”

Agreed, but maybe they can work something out where they can get back some cap space this year and give Graham a token raise just to keep him happy. If Curry plays like he did last year he’ll definitely get cut after this season, but let’s hope he steps it up.